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Once you're a Motown artist, ...

Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day.

Smokey Robinson 50 quotes

Motown will always be a heavy...

Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots.

Smokey Robinson 50 quotes

Originally I was not writing ...

Originally I was not writing songs for myself.

Smokey Robinson 50 quotes

Had I not come out with an in...

Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that all songs, all the music I've ever done is a gift from God.

Smokey Robinson 50 quotes

I really haven't strayed too ...

I really haven't strayed too far, musically, from my roots.

Smokey Robinson 50 quotes

Pretty girls come a dime a do...

Pretty girls come a dime a dozen, try to find one who's gonna give you true loving.

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I know what God did for me. I...

I know what God did for me. I know that He is my way out and my way in. He's my way out of all this havoc and my way into paradise. He suffered for me and for everybody listening. God loves us so much. He tried a lot of things to get our attention. He tried a lot of things to get us back to Him. So He said, "I'll tell you what. I'm going to make it real simple for you. I'm going to send my Son. He's going to take on all your iniquities and all your sins. He's gonna die in your place so you can have everlasting life. All you've got to do is accept that.

Smokey Robinson 50 quotes

My mother was a churchgoing l...

My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home

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I remember my first check tha...

I remember my first check that I got for a thousand dollars, and where I grew up, I never thought I'd have a thousand dollars at one time.

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That's what love is made of, ...

That's what love is made of, snakes, snails, and puppy dog tails, sugar, spice, and everything nice.

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The Beatles were huge. And th...

The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first white act to admit they grew up listening to black music.

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My uncle Claude was my favori...

My uncle Claude was my favorite uncle he was also my godfather. He and I were really, really close. He used to take me to see cowboy movies all the time when I was a little boy because I loved cowboy movies. He got a cowboy name for me, which was Smokey Joe. So from the time I was three years old if people asked me what my name was I didn't tell them my name was William, I told them my name was Smokey Joe.

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I don't ever balk at being co...

I don't ever balk at being considered a Motown person, because Motown is the greatest musical event that ever happened in the history of music

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Just like Pagliacci did, I tr...

Just like Pagliacci did, I try to keep my surface hid. Smiling in the crowd I try, but in a lonely room I cry.

Smokey Robinson 50 quotes

Without you hearing a melody ...

Without you hearing a melody or music or anything like that, it would say something to you. So, that's what a song is to me. Now, you have a lot of songs that come out, and the beat carries them over there, because of the beat, and because of some other factors and so on and so forth. But I want mine to be a song, if you read it, it's going to mean something to you.

Smokey Robinson 50 quotes

I've never been to rehab, I'v...

I've never been to rehab, I've never been to psychotherapy or the doctor or anything like that. I went to a church and I was prayed for, and I've always had a great relationship with God.

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Mistakes, I know I've made a ...

Mistakes, I know I've made a few. But I'm only human, you've made mistakes, too.

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Now if I appear to be carefre...

Now if I appear to be carefree it's only to camouflage my sadness. In order to keep my pride I try to cover the hurt with a show of gladness.

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I always try to write a song,...

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. Songwriting is my gift from God.

Smokey Robinson 50 quotes

I will build you a castle wit...

I will build you a castle with a tower so high it reaches the moon.

Smokey Robinson 50 quotes

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